Boston Merchants Attack New York Fire Underwriters Union
The Boston Merchants Association denounces a New York led union of fire underwriters controlling rates and pressuring Boston agents. A legislative inquiry is urged to uncover practices described as restraint of trade. The board also opposes a bill to split city fire departments and will lobby against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
New York
Boston
Boston Merchants’Association
Massachusetts
Fastern Union
Aece Rees Oble
Fate Sienae
cnNne
Blood Wine touted as booster for children and skin cures
A promotional piece touts Blood Wine as a safe, all purpose tonic for children, claiming it strengthens body and brain, stirs circulation, aids digestion, and cures skin ailments. It cites testimonials from Lowell and Manchester families, noting relief from eczema, asthma, cough, and painful periods, priced at fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael McCue
Lakeview Avenue
Lowell
Mass
Official Reports Confirm Kishineff Massacre Details
The first official report from the Zionists Central Federation of Kishineff confirms the massacres of Hebrews in Kishineff with streets turned to battlefields, many dead or wounded, homes and synagogues demolished, and police aiding the slaughter. Additional dispatches note deaths in nearby Tiraspol, with hundreds arrested and authorities slow to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kishineff
New York
Bessarabia
Zionists’ Central Federation
Daily
Jewish Herald
ST. Petersburg
United States
Tiraspol
Odessa
Mrs Hannah Barrett Celebrates 106th Birthday
Boston’s oldest resident Mrs Hannah Newell Barrett marked her 106th birthday yesterday at her home on 425 Massachusetts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Barrett
Boston
Hannah Newell Barrett
Massachusetts Avenue
Postum Replaces Coffee, Aids Healing In NYC Woman
A New York City woman reports a leg ulcer and chronic illness improved after switching from coffee to Postum. She credits better blood health and fewer bilious headaches to the change, noting years of illness ended within weeks. The piece mentions her age, family, and social ties, highlighting Postum’s claimed health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Death of Dr Solomon H Holbrook in Salem at 70
Solom on H Holbrook died suddenly at his home 1385 Essex Street Salem tonight aged 70. A native of Wellfleet he once owned the Peabody mansion and the Second Corps of Cadets Armory. He leaves a widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salidm
Solomon H. Holbrook
Essex Street
Wellfleet
Peabody Mansion
Second Corps of Cadets’ Armory
BEAUTIFUL PIANO PARLORS AT 114 BOYLSTON STREET
The Ivers and Pond Piano Company grounds at 114 Boylston Street display a renovated front with a colonial style reception parlor for customers and teachers. Known as manufacturers and large retailers of pianos, they offer instruments of all prices new and used and provide a rental purchase plan requiring small monthly rent to own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivers & Pond
Boylston Street
Ivers & Pond Piano Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cures for Catarrh
Catarrh weakens lung tissues and digestive organs, causing headaches and dizziness. Hood's Sarsaparilla claims radical, permanent relief for catarrh from nose to stomach and beyond, building up the whole system. Be sure to get Hood's, with testimonials available on request. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Hood CO
Lowell
Mass
England Adds 100 600 Square Miles of Territory to Northern Nigeria
London reports that after British military operations in Sokoto and Kano ending with the capture of the Emir, about 100,000 square miles were added to Northern Nigeria and will be governed by its authorities. Details state Sokoto fell March 14 after a 100 mile march from Kaura, with about 500 British troops facing 6000 Fulani forces armed with modern rifles. fighting lasted 2.5 hours and the city was entered amid heavy casualties on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Commons
Sokoto
Kano
Nigeria
Morland
Kaura
Governor Bates Visits Prisoners At Concord
The governor’s party toured Concord Prison and met inmates including Jesse Pomeroy, Willard Van Derlip, Eugene Moriarity, and Goodwin. Pomeroy pressed for liberty amid frail health. Moriarity, after years of scrutiny, gained pardon prospects. Goodwin, an electrical expert, seeks early release as discussions revive a revived pardon tradition to raise life prisoners’ morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Daughters of American Revolution
J. W. Houstis
Dubuque, Ia
Bridges
Jesse Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Guild
Willard C. van Derlip
Eugene Moriarity
Moriarity
Fall River
Frank Chase
McNamara
Goodwin
Lawrence
Bates
Werden Bridges
Hfe
Concord
Koch Inhalation Cure Claimed To Cure Consumption
Frank Garmon of 65 Bowers St Newtonville Mass describes suffering from catarrh then consumption. After three years of illness and local treatment he started the Koch Lung Cure at 361 Boylston St Boston on Feb 13 1993 and says by March 18 one month later he was cured with certificates and three physicians' approval of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koch
Koch Lung
Boylston St
Boston
Medical Council of the
Koch Lung Care Institutions of America
Frank Garmon
Bowers St
Newtonville, Mass
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John Cronin
Arlington St
Manchester
N. H
Nellie
Louise Clements
Aiken Avenue
Lowell, Mass
Robertine Cote
Manchester, N. H
Chase &cSandon
Pinitya
Mn Sons
Ips
Ieee Pine
Russia
Kishineff, Bessarabia
DR. Holbrook
Salem
England
Ning Oremir
King Dental
Washington Street
Cor
Avon
Tel
H.b.m'connell
Chemit-Electro Institute
Boylston
Hotel Pelham
Waterman & Sons Repuneral Undertakers
Emibaligers
Washington St
Dudley Street Terminal
Roxbury
Sanborn
Winter Hill
Somerville
James S. Sanborn
Winter Hill Congregational Church
Central Street
Somerve
Vinson
Dorchester
Samuel Willard
Clementina S
Samuel Willard Vinson
Bradshaw St
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